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Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ptyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)
Name authority
(Cantor, 1842)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Ptyas
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyColubridae
  13. subfamilyColubrinae
  14. genusPtyas
  15. speciesPtyas dhumnades (Cantor, 1842)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Ptyas. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sulawesi Black RacerPtyas dipsas (Schlegel, 1837)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brown Rat SnakePtyas fusca (Günther, 1858)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chinese RatsnakePtyas korros (Schlegel, 1837)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Smooth-Scaled Mountain Rat SnakePtyas luzonensis (Günther, 1873)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Black-bordered Rat SnakePtyas nigromarginata (Blyth, 1855)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Many-banded Green SnakePtyas multicincta (Roux, 1907)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sakishima Green SnakePtyas herminae (Boettger, 1895)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bach Ma green rat snakePtyas bachmaensis Nguyen, Vo, Orlov, Phan, Le, Nguyen, Tran, Murphy & Che, 2024ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
DhamanPtyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Zaocys oshimai Stejneger, 1926 Stejneger, 1926synonym
Coryphodon carinatus Günther, 1858 Günther, 1858synonym
Coluber dhumnades Cantor, 1842 Cantor, 1842synonym
Ablabes vittatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854synonym
Zaocys dhumnades montanus Pope, 1928 Pope, 1928synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

S China (from Guangdong north to Hebei and west to Gansu; Chekiang, Jiangxi, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Fujian, Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ptyas&species=dhumnades Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4Q9P8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.